Justin E. Townsend

Junior Firefighter Townsend was a passenger in a pickup truck driven by a friend as he responded to an outside fire in a wooded area. The driver lost control of the pickup in a curve, struck a telephone pole, and the vehicle ended up on its roof. The passenger side of the vehicle was crushed. Junior Firefighter Townsend received fatal injuries in the crash.
Both the driver and Junior Firefighter Townsend were wearing their seat belts at the time of the crash. Excessive speed was cited as a factor in the crash.
Incident Location: Fire: Wooded area on East Clogg Drive (USNG: 18S VH 7696 6949). Fatal MVA: Pepper Road near Jay Patch Road (USNG: 18S VH 8015 5977).

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